More with Less
Special events each Open Weekend on the first and third weekend each month from November.
Opening times of The Old School Canteen remain unchanged: Thursday – Sunday 10am-4pm.
Special events each Open Weekend on the first and third weekend each month from November.
Opening times of The Old School Canteen remain unchanged: Thursday – Sunday 10am-4pm.
We’ve decided to mitigate the high winter energy costs by opening less but providing more!
The Museum will be open on alternate weekends only between 11am and 3pm from October until April, except for special events and school half term holidays.
As there will be family events, exhibitions, scheduled tours and talks throughout the winter to enhance visitors’ experience we are introducing a small admission charge too, from November.
School visits and group tours will carry on as normal.
Our open weekends commence on 1 & 2 October, then 15 & 16 October and continuing on the first and third weekend of each month through to April.
Our Autumn & Winter Opening Times
Opening times of The Old School Canteen coffee shop have not changed and it will continue to open Thursdays – Sundays 10am – 4pm.
Hire of our function and community rooms is not affected, and they are still available for business, community and family any time.
Sorry but we have no tickets left for Alice, it’s a sell out. Keep a look out for our next production.
This walk, led by Andrew Robinson on behalf of Barton Civic Society, explores the traces of the area’s busy industrial and commercial activity which helped shape the town. Meet at Malkiln Road Bridge (corner of Waterside Road) at 1.30pm. Anticipated duration: 60-90 minutes. Free.
A 40 minutes tour starting at 1.30pm, demonstrating Mr. Wilderspin’s outside classroom in the Playground before adjourning to his schoolroom.
In the setting of Samuel Wilderspin’s playground garden Catherine Fordham explains John Wesley’s ideas about the curing properties of plants. Starts at 1pm. Free.
During Heritage Open Days our trail for the under fives returns and will continue throughout the autumn.
Barton upon Humber
Heritage Open Days 2022
Friday 9 – Sunday 18 September
The heritage festival shifts its Barton focus to the great outdoor spaces in the town – with guided walks and hidden gems to discover.
Heritage Without Walls
Industrial Footprints at Far Ings
Friday 9 – Sunday 11 & Wednesday 14 – Sunday 18 September, 10am – 4pm, Far Ings National Nature Reserve, free
Samuel Wilderspin’s Outdoor Classroom
Saturday 10 September, 1.30pm, Wilderspin Garden Playground, free
The Ted Lewis Town Trail
Sundays 11 September, 11am – 1pm, Starts at the Ted Lewis Centre, free
Garden Cures
Sunday 11 September, 1.30pm, Wilderspin & National School Museum, free
The Ted Lewis Humber Bank Trail
Monday 12 September, 11am – 1pm, Starts at The Old Tile Works, free
A Walk around Barton Haven and its Former Industries (free)
Thursday 15 September 1.30pm, Maltkiln Road Bridge (corner of Waterside Road),
The Ted Lewis Town Trail
Sundays 18 September, 11am – 1pm, Starts at the Ted Lewis Centre, free
Samuel Wilderspin’s Outdoor Classroom
Sunday 18 September, 1.30pm, Wilderspin Garden Playground, free
The Ropewalk Sculpture Garden & Promenade
Tuesday to Saturday 10am – 5pm, 10am – 4pm Sunday, free
More Heritage Open Days Events
Dr. Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer
Friday 9 September, 2pm, Wilderspin & National School Museum (Joseph Wright Hall), £2
Satchel Trail for Kids at Wilderspin
Friday 9 – Sunday 11, & Thursday 15 – Sunday 18 September, 10am – 4pm, Wilderspin & National School Museum
Open Days at St Peters Church
Saturdays 10 & 17 and Sundays 11 & 18 and Friday 16 September, 10am – 3pm, free
Who Was Ted Lewis?
Saturday 10 September, 11am to 12.30pm, The Ted Lewis Centre, free
Fertiliser Friends
Saturday 10 September, 11am to 1pm, Waters’ Edge Visitor Centre
Get Carter – film show & presentation
Wednesday 14 September, 11am, The Ted Lewis Centre, free
The Serpent – film show & presentation
Thursday 16 September, 6pm, The Ted Lewis Centre, free
Check out www.barton-upon-humber.org.uk for the full Barton Heritage Open Days programme including things to see and do at Far Ings Nature Reserve, Ropewalk, The Ted Lewis Centre, St. Peter’s Church, and Waters’ Edge Visitor Centre.
The full Heritage Open Days programme for Lincolnshire is available at www.heritagelincolnshire.org
Visit East Yorkshire’s “finest country house” at Sledmere, near Driffield, with Barton Civic Society and Wilderspin volunteers. The trip includes a guided tour of the country house, with its beautiful walled garden. Then, there will be time to see the rare breed farm park, explore the spacious grounds – ideal for a picnic, and visit the Wagoners’ Museum which tells the story of the Wagoners’ Special Reserve and their horse drawn supply wagons in the First World War.
Coach pick-up at 9.30am from the Wilderspin & National School Museum, Queen Street. Arriving back in Barton by approximately 4.30 pm.
Cost per person £20.00 including travel, entry and tour fees. Payment should be made in advance at the Wilderspin School Museum.
Call in at Wilderspin to book or ring (01652) 635172.
Wilderspin National School
Queen Street
Barton-upon-Humber
DN18 5QP
The Wilderspin National School has received help and support from the following organisations:
The Wilderspin National School is an independent museum, registered charity no. 1047187 and a Company Limited by Guarantee no. 2844791.
